Getting Started with linux

Tue Jan 18 08:01:45 UTC 2022

I thought the same, but couldn't find it anywhere.

If anyone can, please let me know where.

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> On 18 Jan 2022, at 03:55, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> I  thought the keyboard selection got saved in a single file somewhere in
> /etc/ but can't remember the file.  If that is correct, a destructive echo
> statement into that file with the preferred keyboard setting ought to
> solve this problem for you.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
>> Hi again,
>> 
>> 
>> My biggest gripe with Gnome is the fact that the Settings is almost impossible
>> to use. For example, I use the Left-Hand Dvorak keyboard because I only have a
>> usable left hand. This is really easy to set in Mate, but not in Gnome. I
>> could never do so, no matter whos instructions I followed.
>> 
>> 
>> I am willing to give Gnome a fair shot, if I can fix my Keyboard, otherwise
>> it's like trying to race against a Ferrari with a mountain bike. My
>> productivity is shot all to hell, and I refuse to do that to myself.
>> 
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> 
>> Brandt Steenkamp
>> 
>> Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird
>> 
>> On 2022/01/17 03:05, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> Well, simpler is a subjective term. I prefer Gnome over Mate and I find
>>> Gnome to use a lot of the same concepts that I use on my Windows 10 desktop.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Christopher (AKA CJ)
>>> Chaltain at Outlook
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com <blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com> On
>>> Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:54 AM
>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Getting Started with linux
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I personally do not like vanilla Ubuntu, simply because the Gnome desktop
>>> does not make any sence to me at all. If it was me, and at one point, long,
>>> long ago, it was, I'd download Ubuntu Mate, simply because the desktop is a
>>> hell of a lot simpler to get use to, and also a lot more like the
>>> traditional Windows Desktop in the sence that you can, if you so wish, put
>>> all your crap on it, unlike Gnome.
>>> 
>>> Warm regards,
>>> 
>>> Brandt Steenkamp
>>> 
>>> Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird
>>> 
>>> On 2022/01/16 17:19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>> Well, it sounds like you're telling me to run linux under windows?
>>>> That isn't what I had in mind.  Here's what I've learned thus far:
>>>> I need to download a linux OS; then make a bootable media and install
>>>> the linux ISO to it.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I did that:
>>>> downloaded ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso and (for flashing it to
>>>> the thumb drive) balenaEtcher-Portable-1.7.3.exe made a bootable thumb
>>>> drive and installed ubuntu on it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Now I need to learn how to install ubuntu from the thumb drive.  I
>>>> must search for instructions to go on from here.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Howard
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/15/2022 5:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>> Ubuntu or Fedora could do that for you. alt-windows-s toggles speech
>>>>> on and off and you want to choose try ubuntu or try fedora buttons on
>>>>> the desktop screen.  Desktop screen is windows-d once system boots
>>>>> and you have speech.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've been wanting to try out linux but haven't wanted to give up or
>>>>>> mess up any of my working windows systems.  Would it be possible to
>>>>>> install some version of linux on a CD or a DVD; then just boot a
>>>>>> computer from that disk bypassing windows altogether?  If so, I'd
>>>>>> have to make it either talk or drive a Braille display.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Wonder if anyone would have any suggestions?  Thank you.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Howard
>>>>>> 
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